| February 10, 2026 | India: one-year prison sentence for the journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case, February 2026 | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Narendra Modi | Unknown (February 10, 2026) |
| January 7, 2026 | Israel: ban on independent entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, 2023 to 2026 | Israel (RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180) | Access bans | | Sustained (February 25, 2026) |
| March 19, 2025 | Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025 | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Detention and violence | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Unknown (April 2, 2025) |
| February 3, 2025 | Journalists beaten in Bangladesh in separate incidents as interim government drafts new cyber laws | Bangladesh (RSF 2026 rank: 152nd of 180) | Detention and violence | Muhammad Yunus | Ongoing |
| January 29, 2025 | Pakistan amends cybercrime law to create new agency policing 'fake' online content | Pakistan (RSF 2026 rank: 153rd of 180) | Official labels | Shehbaz Sharif | Sustained |
| November 2024 | China: editor Dong Yuyu is sentenced to seven years for espionage over meals with a diplomat | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Xi Jinping | Ongoing (November 1, 2024) |
| August 29, 2024 | Hong Kong court convicts Stand News editors of sedition | Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | John Lee | Upheld by a court (September 26, 2024) |
| August 20, 2024 | Kazakhstan: new accreditation rules let officials withdraw a journalist's pass for off-topic questions | Kazakhstan (RSF rank: not recorded) | Credential control | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | Ongoing (September 3, 2024) |
| May 28, 2024 | Georgia enacts 'foreign influence' law requiring media to register as foreign-backed | Georgia (RSF 2026 rank: 135th of 180) | Official labels | Irakli Kobakhidze | Sustained |
| March 2024 | Bombay High Court strikes down India's government 'fact check unit' rule | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Official labels | Narendra Modi | Reversed (September 20, 2024) |
| November 1, 2023 | Turkish authorities detain three journalists under 'disinformation' law | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Ongoing |
| February 22, 2023 | Turkiye: the broadcast regulator fines and suspends channels for earthquake coverage | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Prior restraint | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Sustained (February 22, 2023) |
| February 14, 2023 | Indian tax authorities search BBC offices weeks after Modi documentary ban | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Narendra Modi | Unknown |
| February 13, 2023 | Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen orders Voice of Democracy's license revoked over one article | Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Hun Sen | Sustained (February 13, 2023) |
| January 22, 2022 | Turkiye: journalist Sedef Kabas is arrested for a proverb about President Erdogan | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Ongoing (June 22, 2023) |
| June 24, 2021 | China (Hong Kong): Apple Daily closes after its assets are frozen under the national security law | Hong Kong (RSF 2026 rank: 140th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Carrie Lam | Sustained (June 24, 2021) |
| April 1, 2021 | Turkiye: the presidency's press card system is found restrictive by the country's top administrative court | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Credential control | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Reversed (April 1, 2021) |
| March 8, 2021 | Myanmar junta revokes five outlets' licenses and raids newsrooms after coup | Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Min Aung Hlaing | Sustained |
| March 18, 2020 | China: press credentials and visas withheld from correspondents at three American newspapers | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Credential control | Xi Jinping | Sustained (March 3, 2021) |
| March 17, 2020 | China expels American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Xi Jinping | Sustained |
| February 19, 2020 | China: three Wall Street Journal correspondents expelled over an opinion headline | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Access bans | Xi Jinping | Sustained (February 19, 2020) |
| August 5, 2019 | India imposes a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir after revoking the region's special status | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Shutdowns and blocking | Narendra Modi | Ongoing (August 5, 2020) |
| October 2, 2018 | Saudi Arabia's government kills journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its Istanbul consulate | Saudi Arabia (RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180) | Detention and violence | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Unknown |
| October 1, 2018 | Saudi Arabia: spyware on an associate's phone precedes Jamal Khashoggi's killing by one day | Saudi Arabia (RSF 2026 rank: 176th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Unknown (October 1, 2018) |
| September 3, 2018 | Myanmar sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years under the Official Secrets Act for reporting on a massacre | Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Aung San Suu Kyi | Reversed (May 7, 2019) |
| February 21, 2018 | Philippines: a Rappler reporter is barred from the presidential palace | Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180) | Access bans | Rodrigo Duterte | Unknown (February 21, 2018) |
| September 4, 2017 | Cambodia's government forces the closure of The Cambodia Daily with a disputed multimillion-dollar tax bill | Cambodia (RSF 2026 rank: 151st of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Hun Sen | Sustained (September 4, 2017) |
| July 27, 2016 | Turkey closes more than 100 media outlets by decree after a failed coup attempt | Türkiye (RSF 2026 rank: 163rd of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Sustained (December 31, 2016) |
| June 2010 | Israel: a court bars any mention of the 'Prisoner X' case | Israel (RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180) | Prior restraint | Benjamin Netanyahu | Unknown (June 1, 2010) |
| June 21, 2009 | Iran expels a BBC correspondent and restricts foreign journalists after a disputed 2009 election | Iran (RSF 2026 rank: 177th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Unknown |
| September 20, 1998 | Malaysia pressures domestic media and monitors foreign correspondents after arresting former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim | Malaysia (RSF 2026 rank: 95th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Mahathir Mohamad | Unknown |
| June 14, 1989 | China expels foreign journalists and restricts coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests | China (RSF 2026 rank: 178th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Li Peng | Sustained (January 1, 1990) |
| September 18, 1988 | Burma's new military government tightens pre-publication press controls after seizing power | Myanmar (RSF 2026 rank: 166th of 180) | Prior restraint | Saw Maung | Ongoing (January 1, 1989) |
| July 31, 1980 | South Korea's martial-law government purges journalists who resisted press controls | South Korea (RSF 2026 rank: 47th of 180) | Licensing and closure of outlets | Chun Doo-hwan | Reversed (June 1, 1987) |
| June 26, 1975 | India imposes pre-press controls on every newspaper during the 1975 Emergency | India (RSF 2026 rank: 157th of 180) | Prior restraint | Indira Gandhi | Reversed (March 21, 1977) |
| September 21, 1972 | Philippines President Marcos closes every major news outlet under martial law | Philippines (RSF 2026 rank: 114th of 180) | Shutdowns and blocking | Ferdinand Marcos | Reversed (February 25, 1986) |
| 1948 | Israel retains a British-era law giving the military the power to review and restrict the press | Israel (RSF 2026 rank: 116th of 180) | Prior restraint | David Ben-Gurion | Ongoing (January 1, 1989) |